Paintbrush



E. L. HAwKlNs 2,329,534

PAINT BRUSH Sept. 14, 1943.

Filed June 30, 1941 tate cleaning, as will appear hereinafter. j, .pri

The principal object of the inventionisfthei yprovision of anf improved V,paint .brush .wherein the'vbody portion andi. bristles. *comprise Itwo separable assemblies;v `and wherein Athe relativez positions ofsaid yseparablelassembliesvmay be.

adjusted. z

,y A' further objectislthe :provision of*v a paintp brush a's-iden'tied, having `all of the usual char; acteristics' of the.. conventional '-paint brush; ini-rv cluding weight, balance and the like, butswith further advantages =not Ypossessedb \iffi t he vusual paintv brush; 1';

'Further.objects and features oft'he invention rA 'Willi ybe v'empa-rent yfrom La considerationjzof thej following detailed descriptionl taken ywith-#the 20 4 accompanying drawing, wherein: f .l l Y,Figi/is aside elevational view sliowingone'- y embodimentofj the invention; e ,i i

view ktalren Fig. y3" is la similar -sectional'viview s'howingthe parts in a different position,f and' includingfjaf dotted portion indicating:still:l'another-position whicnthe .parts may occupy;- 1` f 4 is a' longitudina1- sectional vie inga modified construction; and 1 the' inne .fwsofFia-1.1..-1y

*In securing-*the objects of the invention, Ipfr'o` lates more' in particular. 'to' a plural-part brush having certain advantages infuseiand :to'iacilizkChicago,"vljl,.-1,', 30; 1941,' serian@ 400,383'

vide 'a'pair of bodyfportion assemblies, eachl carrying a complement of bristles, 'and the body portion' A assemblies,l taken together *with bristles; have substantiallyv the 'eX'act 'diniensionsbalance and weight yasthe corresponding body portion of a'. conventional paint brush. Thetwo body portionassexn'blies are in face-toface `reg"` lation along a line running transversely Yand sub-fj'l stantially centrallyof thev composite body por' 'tion comprising the two separable body portion assemblies,v and: one .body portion f assembly 'has' integral?therewithy a usual 'type of lhandle,," tliey handleffhc'nvv'eve'r,v extending in a direction"A e virtuallyconiprise a continuation f the compol site bod portion, whereby the yusual position of the parts ofapaintbrush and balanced relation thereof is maintained. The separable body port tion assemblies may be supported in a positionv so thatv the surface-engaging ends of the bristles occupy substantially a normal position and are generally in the same plane; or theA parts may be supported in an adjusted relation wherein the V,the 10k leriee' efj erilfrfene "bedr Yopeifi'firf eeeerffrle.1yV ere inea .fpesiten iegengage a Surf-eee es. in, Painting- 'In adjustment lis s uchthatfthe bristles on either er1, f the; separable bedr. QOrtiQrreSSembIiee may extendedlethus evedingxthe pereibility;

ei-lflrreven. er,v imeqriel wear-1 The eeperebl bedyperrier eee'embliesieeludinerhe .bristles are held.

ereseneeef peintfrilms. Se that, there' sie. ne. likelileeed ,er dried-peint lm preventing; the Sepereble.; leedy eertien assemblies from beine, seperated freer eeeh .erbe en. advantage yofthe: brush ref ,rey ,inYentienef-m reddition te ,thevfeet the); it-provides Ineens. .wherein e -Snelef'brush mer ,be-.mede ter: relie :the vPleee ef rWQ er. more, brushes i the, feet there when` Seperetedlf-trle Y Heh more -reedilyeleened rhenyis the conventienelptypeef Abrush- 1 Referririgsnew:iirsttefFes; 1 i013.' inelusive,

reepeetvely. the ,bristles being VSetirr bases Ull and; I6 ef. f rubber? er` thelflike; endfthese vbrises being Seeureelyley feiteble. eeevenrierielrmeans te` the mem-bedr frame portions All en@ il l. 1;;Reiniorcf? ing strips I'I- andA I8 are provided around thei Sides @ed ends `of the-body ,frame portions and serve" to 4assist-nfsecuringA the-baseportions l 4 bedded te the-body portions 'gand Il, respec-Y tive l y. I t vvill .be noted thatinsertslfandlj, f orrnedpfwood or thelike, are moldedintothe bese portiere |4y and IB, thereby confiningffthe imbedded ends of the bristles and leavingi Aan open space 2 "2I generally similarito acorresponding space provideldnl the -)conventional brush with-,the usual advantages; attendinggits use. 'lhus I produce apair of gbody: wportion` assemf ,tured lto receive anexteriorly threadedAsupport-x ngip.

toiorrn ya7 'completed body -portionlof the brush." The bodyframejportion; I0 and `supporting, band Il oir assemblyA- are provided with a Vpair oifwslots574,3` through; which tubular internally:

threaded `:supportingmembers' 24 extend,- V:andthe body;frame portlon lli-*of assembly v B 'is aperembel .26 fat. ,each position occupied .byr'a 'v supporting-member v214. ,'.huslv itis: seen .that a f conventional nut and bolt type of support is employed, eachpart, however, engageable by a screw-driver or similar tool, and leachof rela# tivelylight but strong construction. The parts,

moreover, are so constructed and arranged that the threaded portions will not become fouled withpaint, and there is no difculty at any time iframe. portions l0; and. vl leselaeli. I /eerrying e eemplement-fef:bristles- I2 `and le;

in releasing the supporting members and either Tmade relatively light and placed in a. position engaging ends of the bristles I3 in surface enr-g gaging position. If desired, the amount of ad. l. great as indicated 'in' the adjustment may be in the opposite direction to place the surfaceA c I`2 in theiposit'ion f justment need not ybe as Fig. 3, and, in addition,

engaging ends of the bristlesindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 4 in meer," @mais ments, baiance-1ancifweignt or the brush "are concerned. '-Whil e, "in the previously described embodiment,` the l engaging surfaces between the-asse1nblies andy lare" 'planer 'the body rame n'ierriber ll vis provided with 'a f pair df ton'gue's *3l *and the body-'irameimember AI ll is providedwith ayplura-li' V`0i grooves-'32,fall running transversely of e surfaces carrying them; heav'yfrubber' or' 4like resilient: band `-33` general is -similarlto vtheier'vnbodimen-t'-shownin' Fig-s. -1'

clusive, so far as -tnefgeneralfarrangey is placed l'entirely aroundfi-the "composite body portion-comprising he gtwoiassemblies, to y hold the tongues`t in the lgrooves-in which-*they are that; in: thisv 'enb'di-- ment-also fthe relative positions of-"theseparable body portion 'assemblies 'may be chan-ged, `arid placed. yIt will be cseen' thef-surfac'es carrying-the tongues 'andi grooves` are =p the properaijust'ability fof the parts.

when separated, heweverg'fany slight entering of `paint into the '-arehbetweerr the tWo -l'edy portions -I'naybe corrected by aF-simple 44cleanrrhehremanung parts-crane brush compr-isstantially thefsame fas showninFi-gs.-v lto A31, and

Il have accordingly employed the same reference cl-iaraetersr o'n -fFig-s. l fand -5-afs o'nfth'e ligt-'tiresy illustrating the rfir-st embodiment, with, l-iowever,

thep'reiix vf-I in `each instance. 2In #the sectionof iF-i'g. f5, it will be -`noted thatv the reinforcing bandsi-l I-'land -l I`8-fare turnedin at theirendsv by Aa suitableeforming -operatiori Ato avoid the possibility of the -edges comprising these ends' being .caught and -pulled away from the par-'ts with which theyare associated. Usual fasten ing fmeans, n'otfslio'wn,r are use'dv`inf-addition to this inturn'ed yconstruc'ztion, however.A

Thus, it "will `be fseen Athat *the lpai-nt `brush of my `invention may be used exactly fas f any erdi nary .paint brush is Vused,- f with =the sameibalaance and freehand having the-isamefunetioiis as an4 ordinary brush.,.ldueto, the dispsitinandf'weight of the parts. Even =the fastening members 24and v126er the main vembod-irne'ntfarefrtected so 5 that paint will- I1 5t-enterV :and produce dried iilmsewhich-Y would=interferefwi'th jto the ease with lwhich' vthe ipa'rts'fm-ay J4cleaned'- where they will not affect the customary way of handling a paint brush. For striping and the like, where a paint brush of ordinary size cannot be used, the operator need only make an adjustment such as shown in Fig. 3 and he will have a narrowed brush with which he can perform his striping operation, reach corners, or, in general, do work which he could not satisfactorily d o with the bristles in vthe ...position shown in Fig. 2. The brush vina'y. beiused with the bristles either in the position shown in full -lines or dotted lines in Fig. 3, or in intermediatepositions if such should be desired. At the endl of any operation, the two assemblies are very -eas i lydseparated and all of the parts may be readily cleaned. In Athe usual brush, there is a tendency fortheiopen space 22 to become partly iilledwith paint, and it is usually quite a dimcultbperation to get the bristles clean at this point. When'the Itwo :bodywpcrtions are? sepa- What l? f claim vas. new *and 'fdesire to lprotect byi Letters Patent of the United States yis fi;fnlpaint"brushccjoinprising a fpair of brush heads withfat Sidsfeach fcarryingfbristles, anddispbs'ed with "the 'iiat fsides .itogethen l AsupportV means f'eXtending-throu'gh said heads to permit relative movement of said heads and thefbr-istles.

carried =Jtiiereby ain the direction fof the" bristles, and-fa handle integral with i one '.'o'f said heads and shaped ...fto' comprise 'a ,l continuation of both heads.. "'1

2. -A Apaint lcomprising .tf1-'a pair :of 'brush heads with flat sides, each carrying bristlesi'and disposed -with the Viiat sides together, 'a'fplurality of, vlongitudiniatllydisposed fslots; Abei-ng provided infone'headyand a plurality of i aligned openings in the other headyfsupport `means 'extending thrOughfsaid slots andzopeningsiof. said,v heads whereby to permit rela-tive,l movementl ofsaid headsfand thebristles carried lther-jeby .in the 'direction of the bristles, andyahandleintegral with. one-lof said headsiand :shapedtol comprise acontinuation; of` bot-h heads.

:13. ,A paint vbrushcomprising fa :pair of lhead-s with fiat sides, each;` carrying bristles, I'and dis-.-

posed withthe iiatl .sides together,.means.for adjustably securing 'sad-heads together :to permit yrelative movementyof ysaid heads `and the bristles carried thereby intheidirection of the bristlesmandja `handle integral.A with=-one ofV said heads, shaped -to comprisew'a continuation of both-headsV-saidhandlefhaving a-shoulder in a.

positionjobe vengaged by the head yto which it is otattached wherebyHto-dene'an extreme adjusted position ofsaid-head. 1 I

F.1fapantbrusn Campesina :apafir i heads, with atfsides :each carrying-shrinks, :and dis,-

iihfthe .atsdffs together.: a A handle `inposed y A tegral -with one'rotsaid-heads shaped to come 

